Zee’s Chandra to Give Keynote at CASBAA

HONG KONG: Subhash Chandra, the chairman and founder of Zee Entertainment Enterprises in India, will be a keynote participant in the Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) Convention in Hong Kong on November 4th.

A pioneer in India’s pay-TV market, Chandra will take part in an "In Conversation" segment of the Convention 2009 program with Steve Marcopoto, the president of Turner International Asia Pacific.   

Zee Entertainment Enterprises has 28 pay-TV channels in India and network distribution in more than 167 countries plus investments in DTH, cable operators, newspapers, theme parks and movie theaters.

Chandra will top a bill that already includes Ronnie Screwvala, the CEO and founder of UTV Software Communications and Lalit Modi, the chairman and commissioner of the wildly popular Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket series. “This will be a truly spectacular week in Hong Kong," said Marcel Fenez, the chairman of CASBAA.

This year’s CASBAA convention will also feature an in-depth plenary session examining the Indian TV market of today and tomorrow for subscription and advertising supported services. Tony Worthington, the global head of TMT, Standard Chartered; Anurradha Prasad, the chairperson of BAG Network; Jagjit Singh Kohli, the managing director and CEO of Digicable Network; Rahul Johri, the senior VP and general manager of Discovery Networks Asia Pacific and Jagi Mangat Panda, the managing director of Ortel Communications will be among the panelists.